Keep Your Seat
Here is a new twist to having a Sword Drill. Have 2 chairs set up front. Pick 2 students to start and have them sit in the chairs. Give a reference and whichever one finds it first gets to stay in the chair. Then pick someone else to go next. The object is to see who can keep their seat the longest.
You can combine this game with a lesson by choosing the Bible references along some theme such as verses about prayer, love, forgiveness, etc.
Bible Drill
This drill will probably work best on an individual basis and not teams. You give familiar Bible references and let them quote the verse. You will have to give some thought to your age group and their general level of Bible knowledge. Here are a few suggestions to get you started.
John 3:16
Psalm 23:1
Psalm 91:1
I John 1:9
Romans 3:23
Psalm 119:105
John 15:1
Genesis 1:1
Romans 6:23
Sword Drill References for Valentine’s Day
Genesis 24:67 Genesis 29:18
Proverbs 18:22 1 Timothy 5:14
Proverbs 31:30 Genesis 2:23, 24
Song of Solomon 8:7 Proverbs 31:10
Ephesians 5:28 Colossians 3:19
Ecclesiastes 9:9 Proverbs 31:15
1 Peter 3:7 Esther 1:20
Titus 2:4 Colossians 3:18
1 Peter 3:5
Old Testament Sword Drill
This is an exercise to help the student learn where the books of the Bible are. Included is a reference from each of the sixty-six books. Divide into two teams. A point is awarded to the first team on which every member has found the verse.
Genesis 1:1 Exodus 12:13
Leviticus 25:10 Numbers 9:17
Deuteronomy 29:29 Joshua 1:8
Judges 16:20 Ruth 1:16
1 Samuel 15:22 2 Samuel 18:33
1 Kings 3:9 2 Kings 6:17
1 Chronicles 4:10 2 Chronicles 16:9
Ezra 7:10 Nehemiah 4:17
Esther 4:14 Job 42:10
Psalm 84:11 Proverbs 3:15
Ecclesiastes 12:13 Song of Solomon 1:6
Isaiah 9:6 Jeremiah 29:13
Lamentations 3:22 Ezekiel 33:32
Daniel 6:10 Hosea 6:3
Joel 2:28 Amos 8:11
Obadiah 1:4 Jonah 1:3
Micah 6:8 Nahum2:4
Habakkuk 2:14 Zephaniah 2:3
Haggai 2:4 Zechariah 4:6
Malachi 3:10
New Testament Sword Drill
Matthew 7:7
Mark 16:15
Luke 10:20
John 3:16
Acts 1:8
Romans 8:28
1 Corinthians 3:11
2 Corinthians 5:17
Galatians 5:22
Ephesians 6:13
Philippians 2:5
Colossians 3:1
1 Thessalonians 5:24
2 Thessalonians 3:3
1 Timothy 4:12
2 Timothy 2:15
Titus 2:12
Philemon 10
Hebrews 11:1
James 5:20
1 Peter 2:2
2 Peter 1:21
1 John 1:9
2 John 6
3 John 4
Jude 24
Revelation 22:21
Messianic Prophecy Sword Drill
Genesis 3:15 Genesis 49:10
Numbers 24:17 Deuteronomy 18:15
Psalm 16:10 Psalm 22:7, 8
Psalm 27:12 Psalm 34:20
Psalm 41:9 Psalm 69:21
Isaiah 7:14 Isaiah 9:2, 7
Isaiah 50:6 Isaiah 53:3-5,7, 9, 12
Jeremiah 31:15 Daniel 9:25
Hosea 11:1 Zechariah 9:9
Zechariah 12:10 Micah 5:2
Bible Flash Cards
Make a set of flash cards with the 66 books of the Bible on them. Be sure to make them big enough to be seen from the back of the room.
This can be done individually or divide into teams.
- Show a card and have the student tell which book comes before and/or after it.
Variations include:
- Have the student tell what the book is about.
- Have the student name as many characters as he can that is in the book.
- Tell whether the book is in the Old Testament or New.
Character Flash Cards
This is similar to the Bible Flash Cards but use Bible characters instead of Bible books.
- Have the student tell what book the character is found in. Or…
- Have the student tell whether the character is in the Old Testament or New. Or…
- Have the student tell what that character is noted for.
Pairs Flash Cards
Another idea is to put letters in pairs on flash cards and have them guess what pair it is:
A & E- Adam & Eve
P & S- Paul & Silas
D & J- David & Jonathan
D & G- David & Goliath
M & J- Mary & Joseph
C & A- Cain & Abel
J & J- James & John
R & B- Ruth & Boaz
M & A- Moses & Aaron
M & M- Mary & Martha
J & C- Joshua & Caleb
A & P- Aquila & Priscilla
I & R- Isaac & Rebekah
A & S- Abraham & Sarah
R & L- Rachel & Leah
E & E- Elijah & Elisha
J & E- Jacob & Esau
S & D- Samson & Delilah
Choose Ye This Day...
Use this as a Sword drill or simply call on different ones to read the verses as you talk about making choices.
Duet. 30:19
I Kings 18:21
Matthew 27:21
Examples: Mary- Luke 10:42
Joshua- Joshua 24:15
Ruth- Ruth 1:16
Solomon- I Kings 3:19
Moses- Hebrews 11:25
Pick a Word
Here is an idea for a Sword drill or a Bible study. Pick a word and follow it through the Bible. Use a concordance or a topical Bible. Some suggestions might be love, friend, promises, faith, holy, joy.
Character Cards
Put different letters of the alphabet on flash cards. Hold one up and let your group name as many Bible characters that start with that letter as they can think of. You can put the list on the back of the card.
